Cynometra malaccensis (PROSEA)
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Cynometra malaccensis Knaap-v. Meeuwen
- Protologue: Blumea 18: 18 (1970).
Synonyms
- Cynometra inaequifolia auct. non A. Gray.
Vernacular names
- Malaysia: kekatong, katong, belangkan (Peninsular Malaysia)
- Thailand: klee (Narathiwat), mang khak (Phuket), roi de (Pattani).
Distribution
India (Assam), peninsular Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia.
Uses
The wood is used as kekatong and is suitable for house building and tool handles.
Observations
- A medium-sized to fairly large tree of up to 40 m tall, bole straight, columnar, up to 115 cm in diameter, occasionally fluted, usually with steep and tall plank-like buttresses of up to 3 m high, outer bark grey, smooth, hooped, rarely shallowly dimpled, inner bark granular, hard, pale brown to pinkish, often flecked.
- Leaves with (2-)3 pairs of equally sized and acuminate leaflets.
- Pod smooth, flat, 4-5 cm × 4 cm.
C. malaccensis is locally abundant and grows in lowland and hill forest up to 1300 m altitude. The density of the wood is 910-1065 kg/m3 at 15% moisture content. See also the table on wood properties.
Selected sources
100, 102, 153, 159, 183, 190, 366, 493, 578, 626, 779.
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Authors
- M.H.A. Hoffman